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Here’s another case of the misuse of “Learning Disability.” In a story about an Ohio (US) organization eliminating “mental retardation” from its name, Holly Zachariah of the Columbus (OH, US) Dispatch reported on “MRDD considers name change: ‘Mental retardation’ degrading, hurtful slang, some say.” Ohio’s Association of County Boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities is likely to follow a national movement in changing to a name that only refers to Developmental Disabilities.
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